Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Coal Hill (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Coal Hill. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Coal Hill is located in Scott County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Scott County: McCreary (KY), Anderson, Campbell, Fentress, Morgan & Pickett.
Below are the counties that are near Coal Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coal Hill:
- Scott County (The home county of Coal Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Glenmary
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Elgin
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Robbins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Robbins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Hughett
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- New River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Helenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winona is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Norma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Norma is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
- Hembree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hembree is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree
- Montgomery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Montgomery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Smoky Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Smoky Junction is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Junction
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Oliver Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fraterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fraterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
- Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rocky Top
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rocky Top is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Top
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Former names for Rocky Top:
- Coal Creek
- Lake City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Top <1>
- Leinarts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leinarts is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leinarts
- Robertsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Oak Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Shea
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shea is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shea
- Silica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Silica is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
- Stanfill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Caryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jacksboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Elk Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- LaFollette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- LaFollette is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
- LaFollette has also been known as:
- Big Creek Gap
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <1>
- Pine Crest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
- Hatmaker ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hatmaker is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Demory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Demory is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demory
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Rogers
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Hebbertsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Lake Pomeroy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Fairfield Glade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Center Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Woody
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Armathwaite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Gernt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Allardt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grimsley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clarkrange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pall Mall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little Crab
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Cooper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Wilder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Mill Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Sunbright
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Burrville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Annadel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Glades
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Mahan Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mahan Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Village
- Deer Lodge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Lavender
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Lancing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wartburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nemo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Bucklick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Overton County
- Hanging Limb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Pickett County
- Cedar Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Kelley Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kelley Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town
- Bazel Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Dyllis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dyllis is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis
- Emory Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Kries
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Ethel ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ethel is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
- Cardiff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Wheat ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wheat is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
- Midtown Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Postoak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Bear ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bear is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- McCreary County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Strunk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Pine Knot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Revelo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Smith Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Stearns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Whitley City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marshes Siding
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Wayne County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Mount Pisgah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Parmleysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Whitley County (KY)
- Ayers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coal Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Coal Hill.
Cemeteries Near Coal Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coal Hill.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Coal Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coal Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Tipp House Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Coal Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill Cemetery
- The Coal Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coalhill Cemetery
- McCartt - Butler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Campground Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lewallen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sexton - Todd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Diamond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Todd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shepard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Redman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pemperton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Continue List (847 more) ...
- Webb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Neely Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neely Cemetery
- The Neely Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #16204 <2>
- Shannon - Muse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Coal Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coal Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Glenmary
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Elgin
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Mill Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Robbins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sunbright
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughett
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- New River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Rugby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burrville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Annadel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Emory ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Emory is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Huntsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Helenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glades
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Armathwaite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coal Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coal Hill.
Newspapers Published in Coal Hill ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coal Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coal Hill, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coal Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Coal Hill:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Campbell County
- Cumberland County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Pickett County
- Roane County
- McCreary County
- Wayne County
- Whitley County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Coal Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coal Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |